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Pops: The success of a Black man
can be measured in many ways ...

grip strength,

growing a beard that connects,

and providing for
and protecting your family,

which has never been easy
in this country.

From the time we got here,
a man's family

could be separated and sold.

You could be harassed,
driven off your land.

♪ Yeah Dignity was never guaranteed,

and Lord knows the world didn't
make it easy on me.

But I did okay.

Because I believe
the truest measure

of a Black man's success

comes from the success
of his own children.

My son has it all,

and I like to think
I'm responsible

for at least most of it.

♪ Everything, everything

Uh. Hey, Pops.

You know when they say
"Casual Fridays,"

they don't mean
that casual.

I'm taking a sick day.

You're sick?
Oh, regular sick,

or slide my meals under the door
for the next 10 days sick?

I'm not actually sick, Pops.

But if you don't use your days,
they go to waste.

[Television turns on]

Huh.
[Sighs]

[Sports announcer
speaking indistinctly]

O.J.

"O."

Olivia.

[Sighs]

Hmm.[Refrigerator door closes]

Hey, Pops.

Mm-hmm.

Aw, hell.

We got one mid-life crisis
and one love-sick chump.

Looks like my work
is never done.

That's it.

Grab enough underwear
to get through the weekend

and your alcoholic beverage
of choice.

We're taking a man trip.

♪

♪

Alright. You all
about ready to go?

- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah, we're just finishing up

these sandwiches
real quick.

How many do you think
we need?

Well, let me see
how many you got.

- We got one, two ...
- Uh-huh. Two.

$20 worth of prosciutto
just gone, but okay.

This ain't no picnic.

We're gonna live
off the land.

Look, sometimes we men have to
go back to basics ...

fresh air, hunt your own food,
build your own fire.

So I'm taking you two
to a little cabin I know.

Come on, we got to go.

We don't want to be on
motorcycles when it's dark.

Motorcycles? Pops.

That sounds
a little dangerous.

No, it's a lot dangerous,
and that's the point.

By the time we return,

our senses will be honed
to a razor-sharp point.

Man trip!

Yeah!
Yeah!

Man trip!

Grab your gear
while you can!

You're leaving with ten fingers
and ten toes.

Can't guarantee
you're coming back the same way.

[DMX's "Ruff Ryders' Anthem"
plays]

♪

♪ Uh

♪

♪ Something new

This is, uh, probably
a good time to tell you guys

I don't know how to
ride a motorcycle.

♪ Stop, drop, shut 'em down,
open up shop ♪

♪ Oh, no

♪ That's how Ruff Ryders roll

So, I organized
my college list

by rank, state,
and weather.
[Gasps]

You know,
you can just say,

"Mom, I don't want to
go to Brown."

I can take it.
I don't want to
go to Brown.

Oh.

Hey, Jack.
Where's your college list?

Uh, just cut and paste
my name

onto Diane's list.
We'll be good.

Uh, that's not how it goes, friend.

But I'm sure we can look at
my top colleges

and find community colleges
within a five-mile radius.

That works for me, too.

Ah, you know,

you guys don't have to
go to the same school.

[Laughs] What?

Yo, Mom's
got jokes. Yeah.

No, no, I'm not joking.
I know you guys are used to

doing everything together,
but I think college

is an opportunity
for you guys to see

what it's like
without each other.

Yeah, no,
I don't know, Mom.

It just, uh ...
It might be easier

if we just go to
the same school.

Yeah.
Maybe.

Um, okay, so maybe
I can go to,

uh, Spellman.
That looks good.

That's an all-women's school, so...

I am not mad at that.
Y... Oh.

I'm gonna go
apply right now.

[Clears throat]

After a motorcycle ride
where I found out

being that close to the ground
gives my grandson anxiety,

we were finally here.

Junior: Ah, nature.

It might be great just to
leave it all behind, you know?

Just a man in the woods
finding himself.

[Gasps] Ooh, ooh!

Take a picture
of me chopping wood.

I'm-a post it on Instagram to
flex on Olivia.

Yeah.
I got you.

[Phone thuds]

I should have seen that coming
after the sandwiches.

You need to get over that girl, Junior.

- I'm helping you.
- You know what?

You're right.

I have tried
everything else.

[Grunts]

Let me get at
that axe.

That's it, son.

[Grunts]
Mm-hmm.

Wow, that was amazing!

Can an axe solve
all my problems in life?

Hey, Pops, while he works on
the fire,

- I got a question for you.
- Uh-huh.

What's stocked in this cabin,
huh?

We got steak?
Wild-caught salmon?

[Gasps]

Did your boy field-dress a deer
from last spring?

No, no, there's nothing
in there.

The only things that we eat

are what we can hunt
and fish and forage.

What?
That's part of the fun.

Fun?!

See, that's what
your problem is, Dre.

You focus on
the wrong things.

Like back home, you're worried
about the "work-life balance"

or missed e-mails.

Out here, boy, one wrong move
and you wake up dead.

So we have
no dinner plans.

No, we don't.
[Laughs]

Now, maybe I was being
a little hard on them,

but my son and grandson needed
a swift kick in the ass

to realize life wasn't
as hard

as they made it out to be.

You know, Junior is doing
a lot better than I thought.

I'll admit, I'm feeling
a lot better, too.

See?
I told you.

It's the cool mountain air.

I'm feeling it, Pops.

Hey, does the beer
get colder up here?
[Laughs]

Because this is the best beer
that I've ever had.

Is this an IPA? Because
I think I'm an IPA guy now.

See? All you needed was to
get away from everything.

Don't get caught up
in the news

or what folks around you
are doing.

Hmm.
See, as a man,

the way to fix things
has always been the same.

You're right.
You know, I can't wait

to get a couple of swings
of that old axe.

Oh, it'll be good for you.
Go ahead.

- Check on it.
- [Sighs]

Junior:
[Sobbing]

Oh, God.

I think he's crying.

♪

Is it out of effort?

I doubt it.

[Crying]

♪

Dammit, this boy is out here
crying on our man trip.

[Crying]

Oh, Pops, I wonder
what's going on out there.

Maybe he's got some wood chips
in his eyes.

I don't think so.

Your boy is soft.

Look, I'm not saying that
you're failing as a father,

but I'm not
not saying it either.

Hey.
Look,
you need to handle this

because this trip starts
when the waterworks stop.

Mm.

[Crying continues]

You know, I thought about it,
and you were right, Mom.

Thank you.
About what now?

About colleges.

I finished my list... Ah. Ooh.

...and, uh, I don't want to
get ahead of myself,

but I think I'd be happy
with any of these.

Unbelievable.
This is great.

And what ... And what ...
what are your top picks, babe?

Um...
University of Michigan?

- Mm-hmm.
- Where did that come from?

Uh, they're the Wolverines, Diane.

I think they've figured out
the hand claws

in the comic books,
so it's at least worth a try.

Yeah, yeah.
Well, okay.

That is
- a really good start.
- It is?

Jack, yes, and, uh,
just keep working on it.

- Okay, I will.
- Okay, yeah.

Alright.
Alright.

What is this?

[Sighs]

Diane, look,

we've been a combo meal
for all our lives, right?

Maybe it's time we go
à la carte?

Wow.

The one time anything Mom said
sinks in, this is it?

This?

Okay.

Look, what we have has been
going pretty well.

Mm-hmm.
Why mess with that?

Because I can handle it.

And I decided to become
a snake guy

to make myself stand out
on my college application.

[Sighs]

♪

Hey, Junior.

Come on, man.
[Chuckles]

You can't cry
on a man trip.

I'm not crying.
[Sniffles]
Yeah.

Hey, man, you lost
your girlfriend.

Don't lose
your dignity, okay?

Okay. I thought I was gonna
come out here

into the middle of nowhere
and chop wood

and it was gonna
fix everything, but it didn't.

Alright?
I still feel horrible.

So what?

You're a Black man.

Suck it up
and play through.

Alright, we don't get to
cry in public.

That's not what
we get to do.

You have to have
thicker skin.

I know, I-I know.

Do you, son?

Because this seems like
a lesson

that I've been trying to
teach you your entire life.

♪

What?

[Gasps]

♪

I'm so hard on you, son,
because the world is hard,

and I feel like
if you can handle me,

then you can handle it.

It's my job to make sure you are
armored with what you need.

But do I always have to
keep my walls up?

What if I'm sad?

We don't get to
be sad, son.

What if I'm scared?

We don't get to
be scared either,

and we can't believe
in trust

because we never get
the benefit of the doubt.

Look,
I've heard my entire life

how there are
a million reasons

I can't show vulnerability
to the world.

But the world isn't out here
chopping wood.

Right? Right now
it's just you and me.

So why can't I be vulnerable
out here?

[Birds chirping]

I don't know.

Alright.
I want to try something.

Come on.

I've read that the most
vulnerable thing you can do

is look into somebody's eyes
without breaking eye contact.

Dad...

...do you see me?

Yes, I see you, son.

No.

Do...you see...me?

♪

[Gasps]

♪

[Voice breaking]
I'm sorry, son.

♪

I'm sorry.

Oh, damn.

Now, that ain't on the list
of none of the things

we're allowed to
cry about.

I brought my son and grandson
out to the woods

to connect them back to
what makes them men.

But I was failing.

You know, when I was
with Olivia,

I just felt like
I was killing it.

We moved in together.

We talked about marriage, kids.

I felt like
a real grown-up.

Ah, you were doing alright.

Yeah, kind of.

When she left,
I really realized I had stalled.

I'd already moved back in
three times.

Hey, son.

I stalled, too.

Thinking that
the most important thing

was getting
the same opportunities

as my White counterparts.

But it didn't make me feel
any better.

And, you know, I don't know
what the future holds,

and that terrifies me,

and I've never told that
to anybody.

I'm really glad
you told me.

Yeah, you told him,
you told me,

you told every
damn woodland creature

in the Sierra Nevada.

And if you two
don't be quiet,

we're going to bed without
any dinner tonight.

Pops, we found something
way better than food.

We found each other.

Oh. Now I know

who's been watching all those
White girl movies on Netflix.

[Laughs]
Pops.

Pops,
let's try something.

Alright, they say

the most vulnerable
and intimate thing you can do

is look into someone's eyes
without looking away.

Son, waiting and exhaling

is for the two of you,
not for me.

Hey, Pops.
[Sighs]

That's what I thought.

I thought the same thing
before it brought us together.

Mm.
Alright?

And now,
I've never felt so free.

So, come on, Pops,
let's do it.

[Sighs]
Come on, man, look at me.

Do you see me, Pops?

[Birds chirping]

Oh, hell, no,
I do not like this.

Nope.
Hey.

♪

You do know how to get back to
the cabin from here, right?

Yeah, son, uh, just, uh...

check that tree for some moss.
[Sniffles]

[Crickets chirping]

[Owl hoots]

[Sighs]

You finish
your "Red Table Talk"?

We just came out to sit around
the fire for a little bit.

You know, warm up.
We'll keep quiet.

Oh, no, no.
It's alright.

You know, I...

I only saw my Dad cry
one time.

It was at
his brother's funeral.

At the end of the service,
he broke down sobbing.

He was the strongest man
I'd ever known.

Seeing him like that, boy...

[Whistles]

It really shook me.

Hey.

Pops, I had no idea.

When I looked
into your eyes back there,

that shook me, too.

And I didn't like it.

I didn't make that much
eye contact

with your mother
at the wedding.

But I looked into your eyes,
son, and I could see...

Pops.
[Sniffles]

It's okay.

I could see how much
you've forgiven me

for all the mistakes
I've made. I...

- Pops, hey, man.
- No, no, let me finish now.

That you could open your home
to me, share that with me

when I wasn't there for you
the way I should have been...

Man, I don't deserve it.

We were happy
that you were there.

I appreciate you saying that,
son, I do.

[Breathes deeply]

But it doesn't take away
the shame that I feel, though.

Wow, Pops, um...

...I don't know
if you've ever been

that vulnerable
with any of us.

That's huge.

Thank you, Pops.

♪

You...saying that

has given me something
I didn't even know I needed.

♪

I wish we came to the woods
a lot sooner.

It's definitely cheaper
than therapy.

[Light laughter]

♪

[Breathes deeply]

Well, I was gonna sneak off,
but, um,

usually when I come out here and
I don't catch anything to eat,

there's this diner I go to.

- Yeah.
- What?

- Y'all coming?
- Oh.

Hell yeah,
I'm starving.

♪

Why'd you tell Jack
he'd be fine without me?

Because he will be.

You have no evidence
to support that theory.

Oh, come sit down.

Did I ever tell you
about when you and Jack

learned how to walk?

Yeah.
Mm-hmm.

A million times.

I walked first, so Jack would
sit in the middle of the floor

and make me bring him stuff
from all over the house.

Mm-hmm.
Well, part of that's true.

But actually,

Jack was the first one
who learned how to walk,

and he just thought
it was funny

when you brought him stuff.

So he tricked me?

[Chuckling]
No. He didn't trick you.

He just liked it better when
you guys did stuff together.

That's why
I'm not worried.

I'll be lucky
if Junior and Zoey

come home
for the same holidays,

but with you and Jack,

you're never gonna miss a chance
to see each other.

Hey.

I know you're scared

because you two
haven't been apart

for longer than a day or two
in your whole life.

But I promise you

that if you guys go to
different schools,

nothing is gonna break
the connection that you have.

Thanks, Mom.

You're welcome.

You know he thinks Morehouse
is gonna teach him

how to build big houses.

Yeah. Uh, we still have to
look out for him.

- Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.

Junior: Hey, Pops, what made you
start coming out here anyway?

Well, growing up in Detroit,

didn't get a lot of opportunities

to kind of be on my own. Mm.

[Scoffs]
Eight people live in my house.

I know the feeling.
Mm-hmm.

And when I found
this place,

it became my spot
to come and do that.

It is nice.
Makes everything slow down.

- Mm-hmm.
- Alright, guys, let's get going.

Alright.
Hey, hey.

Come here.
Come on.

Mm-hmm.
Come here.

Alright.

♪

Mm, mm, mm.

♪

Let's not wait
another 50 years

to have these conversations,
huh?

♪

How about next year?

I'm in.

♪

I love you, son.

I love you, too, Pops.

♪

I love you, son.

I love you, too, Dad.

And I love you, too, Junior.

But, uh, y'all better not tell
Ruby about this place.

Yeah, I wouldn't.

You'd better not tell
your mama.

I won't.
And for God's sakes, please,

nobody tell Diane.

- Oh!
- She'll ruin it for everybody.

Hell no!

[Laughter]

[Indistinct conversation]

Pops: The success of a Black man
can be measured in many ways,

but the most important one
is the love you feel

from your family.

♪

I'd had to put up walls
my entire life...

[Engines revving]

Junior: Man trip!

But I am not going to do that
anymore.

Hey.

Oh, uh, hey.

Both: I wanted to apologize.

Jinx! You owe me a soda!

[Both laugh]

It's...weird thinking about
not seeing you every day.

That's why
I'm trying not to.

Why did you put that
in my head?

It's gonna be okay.

I mean, it's not like
we're leaving tomorrow.

Yeah, not even close.

Besides, every time I try to
think two weeks ahead,

my brain starts to hurt, so...
I know.

Yeah.
But you know what
I like to think about?

All the chances we have
to hang out before then.

Huh.

You care
if I read in here?

Uh, make yourself
at home.

Mm.

[Bruno Mars' "Count on Me"
plays]

♪ Uh-huh-huh

♪ If you ever find yourself
stuck in the middle of the sea ♪

♪

♪ I'll sail the world
to find you ♪

♪ If you ever find yourself lost
in the dark and you can't see ♪

This is what
they're coming to see.

♪ I'll be the light
to guide you ♪

♪

♪ We'll find out
what we're made of ♪

♪ When we are called to help
our friends in need ♪

♪ You can count on me
like one, two, three ♪

♪ I'll be there

♪ And I know when I need it

♪ I can count on you
like four, three, two ♪

♪ And you'll be there

♪ 'Cause that's what friends
are supposed to do, oh, yeah ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh

♪ You can count on me
'cause I can count on you ♪

♪